New York, US (PANA) - FIFA's President Gianni Infantino has expressed his deepest sympathy over the death of Stephen Keshi, former coach of the Nigerian senior national football team, the Super Eagles.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The attorneys conducting the internal investigation into wrongdoing at FIFA, Quinn Emanuel, on Saturday released information regarding details of contracts and compensation for a small group of former FIFA officials.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The World football governing body, FIFA, has said it will next month announce the five top seeds for the African zone of the 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament with Nigeria most likely to miss out, according to a report on its website.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura on Saturday vowed "to help football restore its tarnished image" following a spate of scandals within the game's world governing body.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA audit and compliance chairman Domenico Scala has resigned in protest against a power grab by President Gianni Infantino over control of independent panels that monitor the scandal-hit world soccer body.
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Mexico City, Mexico (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has suspended Benin from world football with immediate effect following a court decision that blocked the holding of election by the country's football association.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of the world football governing body, FIFA, chaired by Mr Hans Joachim Eckert, has banned two top football officials for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level for bribery.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Guinea Football Association (FGF). This is in accordance with art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes, it said. Full text...

Doha, Qatar (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday announced the creation of an oversight body with independent members to monitor the systems in place to ensure decent working conditions at FIFA World Cup stadiums. Full text...

Doha, Qatar (PANA) - As FIFA president Gianni Infantino begins his 20-22 April visit to Qatar, the human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is asking him to use his meetings with Qatari officials to press for reform of laws that leave migrant workers at risk of exploitation and abuse, sometimes even forced labour.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Equatorial Guinea will not compete in the preliminary competition of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020 following a decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to expel the country from the tournament.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Cape Verde's reign on top of the monthly FIFA ranking for African men's team was short lived as Algeria, third in March, regained the top spot since its 20 unbroken months reign ended in October 2015, according to the latest FIFA, released here Thursday.Full text...

Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Migrant workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have suffered systematic abuses, in some cases forced labour, according to a new report published by Amnesty International on Thursday.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon secured Africa’s three spots at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, Jordan 2016, finishing as the top three sides at the CAF Under-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament.Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday completed his first official visit to Africa since his election to the helm of football's world governing body in Gabon, the country that will host the 43rd African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2017.Full text...

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The implementation of the reforms, which were approved by an overwhelming majority three weeks ago at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress, was the main topic during the two-day FIFA Executive Committee meeting – the last of its kind and the first chaired by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The following are the groups for the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup following the official draw which took place in Zurich on Thursday, with Africa's representatives, Ghana and Nigeria, in tough groups.
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, on Thursday called on FIFA to retract its statement that South Africa was involved in bribery to host the 2010 World Cup.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The final draw for the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, scheduled for Papua New Guinea, will be held on Thursday, 17 March 2016 and streamed live on FIFA.com and on FIFA's YouTube channel.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA on Wednesday submitted documents to the US authorities in an effort to reclaim tens of millions of dollars pocketed illegally by corrupt FIFA members and other football officials.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The newly-elected president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, has said he wants to work with everybody to rebuild the world football governing body and bring back football to the centre stage.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The election for president of football's governing body, FIFA, has gone into the second round as none of the four candidates was able to garner the two-thirds of the votes (138) needed to win.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Member associations of FIFA, world football governing body, on Friday approved a package of landmark reforms that pave the way for significant improvements to the governance of global football, including a clear separation of commercial and political decision-making, greater scrutiny of senior officials, and commitments to promoting women in football and human rights.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Football's governing body, FIFA, has rejected appeals by former president Joseph Sepp Blatter and head of European Football Association Michel Platini against banning them from all football-related activities.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Worawi Makudi, former President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and a former member of the FIFA Executive Committee, has been sanctioned by FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee for failing to comply with a decision passed by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of world football's governing body, FIFA, chaired by Jack Kariko, has imposed a sanction of a warning and fine on German football official Franz Beckenbauer.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has banned Mr Jérôme Valcke, former Secretary General of FIFA, for 12 years from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) on a national and international level.
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for South African politician and businessman Tokyo Sexwale to withdraw from the race for the FIFA presidency, amid concerns that he has no chance of making a serious bid.
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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of FIFA, the world football governing body, Dr Cornel Borbély, has requested an extension of the suspension of FIFA Secretary General, Jérôme Valcke, from all football-related activities for a further 45 days. Full text...

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee chaired by Mr Hans-Joachim Eckert on Monday banned Mr Joseph S. Blatter, President of FIFA, and Mr Michel Platini, Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of FIFA and President of UEFA, for eight years each from all football-related activities.Full text...

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Two officials of world football governing body, FIFA, who were arrested on Thursday morning for their alleged involvement in bribery scandals, have been identified.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hailed the country's national Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, for winning the 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup after beating Mali 2-0 in the final on Sunday in Chile.
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday confirmed that it has called on Justice Minister Mike Masutha to reveal the FBI’s charge sheet into the US$10 million scandal that blew the lid of FIFA and implicated members of South Africa’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) earlier this year.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA’s member associations have proposed seven candidates for the presidential election to take place at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich on 26 February 2016 to replace Sepp Blatter.
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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two Africans are among the eight candidates who beat the 26 Oct. 2015 deadline to submit their entries for the Feb. 2016 election to the presidency of world football governing body, FIFA, PANA reported on Tuesday.
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